Enjoy the sight of the illuminated palace till 10 pm

Watching the Mysore Palace in its complete glory when it's illuminated at night is a well-liked pasttime for visitors visitors to the town. Normally a short-lived affair between 7 pm and eight pm, Dasara festivities make sure that the lights stay on longer, until 9 pm. In the past, visitors was once dissatisfied that the lights would cross out even as the cultural programmes persisted. "Normally, the time slot between 8 pm and 10 pm is reserved for the bigger celebrity acts and the lights would go off bang in the middle of the performance and most visitors would leave the palace premises," says Suresh Krishna, a standard visitor to the Dasara festivities in Mysuru.

This year, that will change. Palace Board Director and city Deputy Commissioner D Randeep has

decided to stay the lights on for an additional time and lengthen the illumination until 10 pm. A total of 96,700 bulbs, of 15 watts each and every, will illuminate the palace and surroundings, of which 60,000 are on the palace itself.

-- Sridhar VG